As we saw in another article, one of the surgical management options for bowel endometriosis is the laparoscopic segmental bowel resection (removal of the affected segment of the bowel). But how is the actual specimen removed? Classically, a small incision below the belly button is required to remove the specimen. Although this incision is smaller than that of a caesarean…
Endometriosis is a disease that often (and always in its deep form) causes distortion in the normal pelvic anatomy due to formation of adhesions1. This means that the disease itself as well as every effort to remove lesions laparoscopically can jeopardise organs such as the bowel, the bladder, the ureters (the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder) etc.…